variolization

indénombrable

An obsolete medical procedure involving the inoculation of a susceptible person with material taken from a smallpox vesicle, used historically to induce immunity.

• 🇫🇷Procédure médicale historique consistant à inoculer à une personne saine du pus ou du matériel provenant de vésicules de variole bénigne afin de provoquer une immunité protectrice contre la variole grave.

1. Historical inoculation C2 formal medical

   The obsolete process of inoculating a susceptible person with material taken from a vesicle of a person who has smallpox, used to induce a mild form of the disease and provide immunity.

   • Variolization was practiced in ancient China and India before modern vaccination.
   • The technique of variolization involved transferring pus from a smallpox sore.
   • Variolization carried a risk of causing a severe case of the disease.

   🇫🇷Variolisation (inoculation historique)

   Synonymes: inoculationvariolation